The Prodigy
The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group. It was by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers and The Crystal Method, as well as other acts, members of the Prodigy have been said as founders of the big beat genre which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s. They have sold over 25 million records worldwide.[1] They named the band after the synthesizer, Moog Prodigy.[2]
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Braintree, Essex, England |
| Genres | Electronic, big beat, breakbeat, rave, dance-punk, alternative dance, alternative rock, electronic rock, industrial |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Take Me to the Hospital, Ragged Flag, Cooking Vinyl, XL, Beggars Banquet, Mute, Maverick, Warner Bros., Elektra, Shock |
| Website | www.the prodigy.com |
| Members | Liam Howlett Maxim |
| Past members | Leeroy Thornhill Keith Flint Sharky |
Studio albums
- Experience (1992)
- Music for the Jilted Generation (1994)
- The Fat of the Land (1997)
- Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned (2004)
- Invaders Must Die (2009)
- The Day Is My Enemy (2015)
- No Tourists (2018)
The Prodigy Media
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Logo of the electronic band The Prodigy. Vectorized manually by Dabmasterars using Inkscape. Pretty much a better version of The_Prodigy_-_Logo_2009.svg, which was created using automated vectorization tools resulting in increased file size and low detail.
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The band's website after Thornhill left in 2000.
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Liam Howlett live in August 2005.
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Maxim performing at the 2006 Sziget Festival
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The Prodigy frontman Keith Flint and live member Rob Holliday
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The Prodigy at Festival Internacional de Benicàssim 2015
References
- ↑ Amazon.co.uk: The Prodigy: Electronic Punks 1988-1994 [Paperback]
- ↑ "Liam Howlett - Biography". imdb.com. Retrieved 16 January 2011.